Eastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea, between Poland, Romania, and Moldova in the west and Russia in the east

Central Europe, east of France, north of Italy

Area

603,550 km sq

41,277 km sq

Coastline

2,782 km

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Climate

temperate continental; Mediterranean only on the southern Crimean coast; precipitation disproportionately distributed, highest in west and north, lesser in east and southeast; winters vary from cool along the Black Sea to cold farther inland; summers are warm across the greater part of the country, hot in the south